Ministry at the bedside, in the jail cell, in the homeless shelters

St. John of the Cross: "Strive always, not after that which is most easy, but after that which is most difficult... not most pleasant, but most unpleasant...not after great things, but after little things...not after which is higher, but which is lower...."

BIRTH OF A PRIEST

This is the house of God where my spirituality and dedication to ministry was really born in the 1950's and 1960's. St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco, California.

ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius form the cornerstone of Ignatian Spirituality - a way of understanding and living the human relationship with God in the world. For many years, I studied Ignatian Spirituality and worked for the Society of Jesus as a teacher both in the United States and Mexico. I also received the greater part of my education from the Society of Jesus. Today is the feast day of Ignatius of Loyola. My prayer is that the Jesuits continue their work. Pope Francis 1, SJ, is constantly directing all Christians and Jesuits to reach out and serve the most marginalized of God’s people. Ignatius had a tremendous ambition to lead a life of self-denying labor and to imitate the heroic deeds of Francis of Assisi and other great monastics.